By Paige Orr, Fox23 News
OWASSO, Okla. — The former treasurer of the Owasso FFA Alumni Association has been charged with embezzlement with authorities stating around $101,000 of the organization’s money remains unaccounted for.
According to court documents, a new individual became president of the Owasso FFA Alumni Association around May 2025.
Shortly after assuming his position, he told law enforcement several members of the organization approached him and shared their concerns about Bridget Vogt, the organization’s treasurer, stating they believed she was taking money from the organization’s bank account.
The organization’s president told authorities he initiated an internal audit at his first meeting as president to address these concerns.
Board members with the organization said Vogt stated she would gather the necessary documents for the audit, but that it would take her a few months.
Court documents state that a few months later, in August 2025, Vogt resigned from her position as treasurer and as a member of the organization.
Around this time, board members claimed Vogt said her computer had lost all the records related to the organization’s finances and that she had thrown away the receipts of purchases made for the organization because they had faded.
Members of the Owasso FFA Alumni Association approached law enforcement and an investigation into Vogt began.
According to court documents, Vogt had access to two bank cards connected to the organization’s finances. One card was connected to an account at First Bank of Owasso and the other card was connected to an account at Armstrong Bank.
A detective with the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office requested search warrants for transaction records related to these two debit cards from several online retailers and examined bank records and treasurer reports from the organization, according to the affidavit.
Authorities stated they found 65 ATM withdrawals had been made from the organization’s Armstrong Bank account from Dec. 2022 to March 2025. With withdrawal fees added, the total of these withdrawals was about $31,239.
In addition, authorities stated they found 80 ATM withdrawals had been made from the organization’s First Bank of Owasso account from Feb. 2024 to March 2025. With withdrawal fees added, the total of these withdrawals was about $38,676.
Court documents state there weren’t receipts for any of these withdrawals and that while some of the withdrawals coincided with fundraisers and events, it was impossible to determine how much—whether it was any or all—of the funds were used for the events because none of the ATM withdrawals were reflected on the available treasurer’s reports.
Authorities also discovered there were seven bank withdrawals from Armstrong Bank and eight bank withdrawals from First Bank of Owasso with no explanation. In total, the funds from these 15 unexplained withdrawals equals $30,750.
When going through the treasurer’s reports Vogt had provided for the Owasso FFA Alumni Association, investigators stated Vogt had failed to provide consistent monthly reports and said the ones that had been provided weren’t true reflections of the bank accounts.
In one example, court documents show the June 2025 treasurer’s report stated there was $112,468.61 in the organization’s First Bank of Owasso account; however, the bank account’s statement for June 2025 stated there was only $19,339.99 in the account, which is over $93,000 less than what Vogt reported.
When interviewed by law enforcement, court documents state Vogt told authorities she wasn’t in her right mind and hadn’t stayed on top of the things she needed to, adding that there weren’t any checks or balances and she had been stressed.
Authorities said Vogt admitted she’d made personal purchases at Target using the organization’s funds, but insisted each time she did so had been an accident.
Court documents also state Vogt told authorities she doesn’t know or remember what the money she withdrew from ATMs was used for and investigators said Vogt told them it was possible she may have pocketed some cash belonging to the FFA when she’d come on hard times.
The affidavit states, “When questioned, Bridget Vogt did not admit to taking the money for her own personal use, but she also did not deny taking it. She stated that she did not recall, or could not remember what the money was used for.”
Ultimately, court documents show that the total amount of the organization’s funds that are unaccounted for adds up to approximately $101,000.
Ashley McGuire served on the alumni board from roughly 2019 to 2022, a tenure that overlapped with Vogt’s time as treasurer. McGuire said that during those years, she and other members grew increasingly suspicious as basic financial transparency vanished. She told FOX23 that Vogt would often present the same accounting spreadsheets at monthly meetings, simply changing the date at the top while the balances remained identical, even after successful fundraisers.
McGuire said whenever she or other members pushed for an audit or detailed records, they were met with dismissiveness from the board president, who was also Vogt’s husband. “It was very dismissive, of course, and defensive of her,” McGuire said. “You knew nothing was going to happen.”
The impact of the missing funds became painfully clear when students reached out for help. McGuire recalled a specific instance when a student inquired about the board paying for them to attend an FFA alumni leadership camp, a week-long event for students to meet others from across the state. McGuire said Vogt explicitly shut the request down, telling the board that the association was “not a charity.”
“She specifically said that we were not a charity and we did not have the funds to pay for all of that,” McGuire said. “It seemed really suspicious that all of a sudden we didn’t have the funds to do that. While my child, I had funds to send him… I realized that not every child is afforded that opportunity, and I knew that we should have had plenty of funds to help children, especially in our own chapter, have those same opportunities.”
The sentiment of lost potential is echoed by other members of the Owasso community. Jacob Simpson, a local resident and FFA alumnus, said the program is often the only way for students to find a path forward. Simpson shared that his time in the blue corduroy jacket helped him overcome his youth as a foster kid, eventually leading to a $10,000 scholarship and a career in the military.
“This lady quietly said the students do not matter and don’t deserve to experience their ag classes the way they should be,” Simpson said. “No chapter should have to fear a lack of resources to enhance the experience of learning and the will to serve.”
McGuire eventually left the board in 2022 because of the lack of accountability. She said the organization struggled to keep up with basic needs, like barn repairs and electricity, while donors were being told their specific contributions were being diverted to other projects.
The current board leadership eventually triggered the investigation after a new president took over in 2025 and demanded access to the bank accounts that McGuire says had been guarded for years. Vogt is currently facing a felony charge of embezzlement.
The Owasso FFA Alumni Board sent FOX23 the following statement:
“Owasso FFA Alumni is a parent-led booster organization that exists to support the needs of the Owasso FFA chapter and its students. While we work closely with the local FFA program, we are an independent nonprofit organization and are not directly affiliated with Owasso Public Schools.
“At the beginning of our chapter year in May 2025, members of our board identified irregularities in our financial reporting. Out of an abundance of responsibility to our students, parents, and donors, we initiated an internal review of our financial records. That review led to the difficult discovery that we believed funds had been misappropriated from our accounts.
“Following those findings, the acting treasurer at that time resigned. In August 2025, all documentation and information gathered during our internal review was turned over to the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office. An active investigation is underway, and we are fully cooperating with law enforcement. Because this is an ongoing case, we are limited in what we can share publicly at this time.
“This situation was an upsetting and disheartening setback for our organization. However, it has also strengthened our resolve. Our new board members and parent volunteers have worked diligently to implement stronger financial controls, improve oversight procedures, and restore transparency and accountability within our organization.
“Today, Owasso FFA Alumni is financially stable and operating with renewed integrity and structure. The support from our parents, donors, and community has been outstanding, and we are grateful for the trust placed in us.
“Owasso has a phenomenal FFA chapter with exceptional students, advisors, and families. Our focus remains exactly where it belongs: supporting those students and ensuring the continued strength of the program for years to come. We are committed to accountability, transparency, and stewardship of the resources entrusted to us, and we look forward to continuing to serve the Owasso FFA community with excellence.”
